(1991). Handbook of World Education. A Comparative Guide to Higher Education & Educational Systems of the World. This handbook presents individual overviews of the major aspects of the educational systems of about 100 countries with an emphasis on higher education. Each chapter, written by a scholar from that country, gives a descriptive, overall view of that country's education system and organizes the information into four sections: background, primary and secondary education, higher education, and issues and trends. The background sections provide a historical perspective on the country's educational development. Primary and secondary education sections include information on educational administration, curriculum, examinations, funding, and policy. The sections on higher education describe institutions, governance, undergraduate study programs, advanced study programs, research, fields of study, admission policies, duration of studies, student facilities, costs, funding, faculty, and other important aspects. The countries included are as follows: Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Australia,…
(2004). Terror, Memory, and Meaning. Across the Disciplines, v1 spec iss. Timothy Draper's approach to teaching history is that the discipline essentially embodies the best of other humanities and social science disciplines. The processes of remembering, retelling, and reconstructing involve the higher domains of learning. Freed from the bonds of mere memorization of dates, the college history student analyzes, synthesizes, and evaluates the past and its sources. Such processes force the pedagogue continuously to re-invent methodology, evaluative tools, and narrative devices. This becomes especially true when the history instructor and his/her students confront the immediate past, for those recent memories more intimately involve subjective realities-bias, ideology, and partisanship. In the contemporary context, therefore, the teaching of 9/11 and related events of the United States invasion, conquest, and occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq assume significantly heightened concerns for the classroom. Draper warns of the dangers of "presentism"… [Direct]
(1995). Children in the Muslim Middle East. The Middle East has been undergoing vast social and economic change, but in all reports available today, little attention has been paid to the situation of children. The purpose of this book is to help readers better understand the children of the Middle East to give a sense of their lives today and a sense of attitudes toward children and their problems held by leaders, writers, parents, teachers, and social scientists. This book contains 41 works about children, translated from several languages and presented in many genres, scholarly articles (in social science, history, and literature), poetry, speeches, proverbs, interviews, short stories, folk tales, and lullabies. Fifteen countries are represented in the collection: Kuwait, Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Afghanistan, Tunisia, Sudan, Iraq, and Occupied Territories. The book has eight parts: (1) "Introduction," discussing the Muslim religion, urgent children's issues, and a…
(1979). Educational Research in Relation to Educational Reform in Asia and Oceania (May 31-June 9, 1979). Final Report. Educational research in Asia and Oceania is explored from the point of view of its effect on actual educational practices. Information is based on speeches and group discussion at a 10-day regional seminar held in Japan in 1979. This document–a report of that seminar–is presented in four chapters. In Chapter I, seminar objectives are explained, participants are introduced, and a general overview of agenda items is presented. Major objectives were to exchange information regarding educational research and reform in the various nations concerned and to discuss ways of promoting additional educational research. Agenda topics included review of major problems and issues of educational research in the participating countries, suggestions regarding new directions for educational research, and consideration and adoption of a final seminar report. In Chapter II, highlights of country research activities are presented for Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Japan,…
(1992). National Target for South Asia Specialists. A Report. The South Asia Panel of the National Council on Foreign Languages and International Studies reports on the need for specialists in the languages and cultures of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and the Maldives. Two categories of specialists are discussed: (1) individuals in government, mission, etc., in mission-oriented occupations, who spend a substantial portion of their professional time dealing with one or more of the countries in South Asia; and (2) "knowledge producers," largely academics who specialize in the countries of South Asia and who bring their knowledge to the attention of practitioners and the general public. This paper first describes types of jobs that require expertise about South Asia, and then considers the kinds of knowledge now being produced by American scholars. Types of competencies needed to create and sustain the knowledge required by U.S. national interest is specified. A long-term goal is recommended for a… [PDF]
(2002). Transformation and Text: Journal Pedagogy. One intention that an instructor had for her new course called "Writing and Healing: Women's Journal Writing" was to make apparent the power of self-written text to transform the writer. She asked her students–women studying women writing their lives and women writing their own lives–to write three pages a day and to focus on change. The instructor participated in the daily writing because she wanted, in particular, to heal her own writing, intending to remove as many neurotic obstacles as she possibly could from the doing of her own writing. After reading Anne Frank, the class would move on to Virginia Woolf, and to Audre Lorde's Cancer Journals, with the intention of beginning a discussion on the history of journal writing and its theorists to eventually include a collection of essays on writing and healing. But, after September 11, 2001, even academia's ivory tower trembled. The fear in the classroom caused by the terrorist attacks had to be addressed because fear had… [PDF]
(2003). The Children of Kabul: Discussions with Afghan Families. Noting that helping war-affected children cope with the impact of conflict is a vital part of the post-war recovery of an entire society, this report details a qualitative study that used a series of focus group discussions with 7- to 18-year-olds and their families and participatory activities with children in Kabul, Afghanistan to gather information to guide the development of support programs for war-affected children. Three main topics were explored: (1) well-being goals for Afghan children; (2) threats children face in achieving well-being; and (3) childrens coping resources. Findings revealed that Afghan families consider emotional and social development to be important, but also physical survival, and they believe that children require positive and supportive contexts and relationships to achieve well-being. Damaging threats for Kabul's children were identified as economic, environmental, political, personal, and relational, with negative consequences on children's social… [PDF]
(1981). Detente and the European Force Reduction Negotiations. The paper discusses and analyzes negotiations between the Warsaw Pact and NATO nations to reduce military forces in Central Europe. These negotations have taken place in Vienna since 1973. Material is organized in three major sections. Section I offers a general survey of the political and strategic context within which the negotiations have taken place. Information in this section illustrates how external events have had a dramatic impact on the negotiations. These external events include agreement on the Salt II Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union in June 1979, the decision of the NATO ministers to modernize NATO's nuclear force, and the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union in 1979. Information is also presented on competing objectives of the NATO and Warsaw Pact participants, which have sometimes hindered negotiations. For example, whereas each side wishes, on the one hand, to stabilize the military balance at the conventional level in Central Europe,…
(1987). Great Decisions 1987. The Constitutional division of responsibility between the President and Congress for making foreign policy is the first of eight topics discussed in this magazine-style booklet. Major constitutional powers of Congress in foreign policy include the "power of the purse", and the power "to declare war". Major foreign policy powers of the President are serving as commander in chief of the army and navy, and making treaties with the advice and consent of the Senate. Treaty making was deliberately made cumbersome by the makers of the Constitution so alliances could not be entered into lightly. The second issue, "Defense and the Federal Deficit," is analyzed from the aspect of whether the United States can adequately defend itself with the across-the-board budget cuts under the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings bill. Issue three discusses how the status of relations with Egypt depends on whether the United States and Egypt can agree on policies concerning aid, the peace…
(1979). The General Assembly of the United Nations, 1979 (34th). This report is a succinct summary of action taken by the 34th General Assembly of the United Nations. It is intended for use by members of UN delegations, UN secretariat staff, policy makers, scholars, students, and members of the public interested in global problems and world issues. The report provides an accurate record of actions taken, including key phraseology of the resolutions and the nature of the vote or action taken, and also gives background and past history of the items discussed, sufficient for general understanding without reference to other sources. Some highlights of the Assembly follow. In his annual "state of the world" message, the Secretary General Kurt Waldheim stated that "the primary objective of the United Nations must remain the survival of the human race and its environment in the best possible conditions." The two most popular speakers of the Assembly were Pope John Paul III and Fidel Castro. On the disarmament issue the UN approved…
(2005). Putting the World into Our Classrooms: A New Vision for 21st Century Education. PPI Policy Brief. Progressive Policy Institute With some notable exceptions, public schools are doing a woeful job of teaching students about the world outside America's borders. For example, surveys conducted by the Asia Society and the National Geographic Society show a huge gap in most students' knowledge about the growing importance of Asia and other world regions to the nation's economic prosperity and national security.The surveys find that 25 percent of our college-bound high school students cannot name the ocean between California and Asia. Eighty percent do not know that India is the world's largest democracy. Young Americans are next to last in their knowledge of geography and current affairs compared with young adults in eight other industrial countries. The overwhelming majority cannot find Afghanistan or Israel on a world map, but know that a recent "Survivor" show was shot in the South Pacific. None of this should come as a surprise, since teachers are not prepared to teach about the world. Most… [PDF]
(2002). Into the Curriculum. Art/Reading/Language Arts: Children's Book Illustrator Project; Reading/Language Arts: Curious George; Social Studies: Snowplows, Trucks, and Other Vehicles that Move Snow; Social Studies: Who Lives in Afghanistan?; Social Studies: VIPs of Ancient Greece. School Library Media Activities Monthly, v18 n5 p12-24 Jan. Presents five fully developed library media activities that are designed for use with specific curriculum units in art, reading, language arts, and social studies. Library media skills, curriculum objectives, grade levels, resources, instructional role, procedures, evaluation, and follow-up are describes for each activity. (LRW)…
(2003). State of the World's Mothers, 2003: Protecting Women and Children in War and Conflict. In commemoration of Mother's Day, Save the Children has published its fourth annual report focusing on the tens of millions of mothers and children whose lives have been disrupted by war and armed conflict and suggesting actions required to support women who are raising the children under horrific conditions and to shield children from the most brutal excesses of war. The report highlights the first-ever "Conflict Protection Scorecard," which analyzes 40 of today's brutal conflicts against six areas of protection, which include protection from military recruitment of children, separation from family, and trafficking of women and children for prostitution. Findings reported include the following: (1) the Scorecard finds widespread violations of women's and children's human rights in every conflict zone and in every region of the world; (2) the Scorecard identifies Afghanistan, Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Sierra Leone as five of the worst conflict… [PDF]
(1992). IFLA General Conference, 1992. Division of Special Libraries: Section on Art Libraries; Section on Geography and Map Libraries; Section on Government Libraries; Section on Science and Technology Libraries. Papers. The following 21 papers were delivered for the Special Libraries Division of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions at its 1992 annual meeting: (1) "From Indochina to Afghanistan: Arts from Abroad in Parisian Libraries" (M. F. Macouin); (2) "The Indonesian Archeology Photograph and Documentation System (IAPDS) in Leiden" (H. I. R. Hinzler); (3) "The Collection Development and Organisation of Art Materials: The Cultural Center of the Philippines in Context" (E. R. Peralejo); (4) "Resources for the Conservation of Southeast Asian Art" (S. G. Swartzburg); (5) "The Moravian Mission and Its Research on the Language and Culture of Western Tibet: A Case Study for Collection Development" (H. Walravens); (6) "The National Art Library and the Indian Collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London" (J. F. van der Wateren); (7) "Collection Development and Acquisition of Art Materials with… [PDF]
(2002). Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (85th, Miami, Florida, August 5-8, 2002). Newspaper Division. The Newspaper Division of the proceedings contains the following 21 papers: "Exploring the Turnover Issue: Why Newspaper Reporters Intend to Quit Their Jobs" (Li-jing Arthur Chang); "Reporters, Robes, and Representative Government" (William Dale Harrison); "Above the Fold: The Implications of Micro-Preservation to the Analysis of Content Importance in Newspapers" (John E. Newhagen); "How Many News People Does a Newspaper Need?" (Philip Meyer and Minjeong Kim); "New(s) Players and New(s) Values? A Test of Convergence in the Newsroom" (Frank E. Fee, Jr.); "Newspaper Editors' and Educators' Attitudes About Public Trust, Media Responsibility and Public Journalism" (Tom Dickson and Elizabeth Topping); "The Non-Linear Web Story: An Assessment of Reader Perceptions, Knowledge Acquisition and Reader Feedback" (Wilson Lowrey); "Whose Values Are News Values? What Journalists and Citizens Want" (Frank E. Fee, Jr.);… [PDF]